carrel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Car=rel

CIDE DICTIONARY

carrel, n. 

 See Quarrel, an arrow.  [1913 Webster]

carrel, n. 

•  Same as 4th Carol.  [1913 Webster]
•  a table partitioned by vertical boards into small areas where an individual may read or study with minimal distraction from activities nearby. They are used especially in libraries. Also, the term is used to refer to one partition of such a table. Related etymologically to the 4th carol.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carrel, n.
1 a small cubicle for a reader in a library.
2 hist. a small enclosure or study in a cloister.

Etymology

OF carole, med.L carola, of unkn. orig.